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Russian
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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьśegъda. The все part is related to весь meaning "all, every, the whole".
The -гда ending is also found in когда, see the etymology there. This ending may have derived from the genitive of год (god, “period of time”). See also годъ, тогда.
Pronunciation
Adverb
всегда́ • (vsegdá)
- always
1902, Леонид Андреев, Город; English translation from W. H. Lowe, transl., The City, London: Francis Griffith, 1910:По ночам Петров иногда выходил гулять, и швейцар Иван не понимал этих прогулок, так как возвращался Петров всегда трезвый и всегда один — без женщины.- Po nočam Petrov inogda vyxodil guljatʹ, i švejcar Ivan ne ponimal etix progulok, tak kak vozvraščalsja Petrov vsegda trezvyj i vsegda odin — bez ženščiny.
- At night Petrov sometimes went for a walk, and Ivan the porter could not understand these walks, since Petrov always returned sober, and—alone.
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